Cebu Pacific brings back dancing crew on flights

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines’ largest national carrier, Cebu Pacific, brought back its cabin crew safety dance, a fun video of its flights attendants that they introduced last October on YouTube, in time for the holiday season.

The dancing stewardess showed a great deal of skill in getting the safety message across. The video has already had six million hits and counting.

The publicity stunt isn’t new in the airline industry, but Cebu Pacific’s dancing flight attendants have made it big. Some passengers interviewed on TV said this method of telling passengers of the safety features of the plane is not effective. But many seem to favor it.

Cabin crew on select flights from Dec. 20 to 31 will perform the safety dance once the aircraft has reached cruising altitude. It has been previously performed only on two flights, one from Manila to Butuan and another from Manila to Davao, to gather passenger feedback.

“We look forward to spreading holiday cheer and the CEB culture of fun to our passengers, as they go home to visit families and friends, or take long-awaited vacations,” said CEB VP for marketing and distribution Candice Iyog.

“CEB has always been known as the fun airline, especially with our regular fun games on board. We remain consistent in looking for more ways to make flights enjoyable and convenient for our guests,” she added.

The safety dance is scheduled to be performed on the following flights:

Dec. 20 – Manila-Tacloban-Manila-Butuan-Manila; Dec. 21 – Manila-Taipei-Manila; Dec. 22 – Manila-Singapore-Manila; Dec. 23 – Manila-Kuala Lumpur-Manila; Dec. 24 – Manila-Cagayan de Oro-Manila; Dec. 25 – Manila-Seoul-Manila; Dec. 26 – Manila-Macau-Manila; Dec. 27 – Manila-Iloilo-Manila-Cebu-Manila; Dec. 28 – Manila-General Santos-Manila-Davao-Manila; Dec. 29 – Manila-Hong Kong-Manila; Dec. 30 – Manila-Osaka-Manila; Dec. 31 – Manila-Dumaguete-Manila-Dipolog-Manila.

Iyog reminded guests on board these flights to remain seated during the dance and to keep mobile phones turned off.

CEB operates the youngest aircraft fleet in the country with an average age of 3.25 years. The fleet is composed of 10 Airbus A319, 13 Airbus A320 and 8 ATR 72-500 aircraft.

It operates the most extensive network of 16 international and 33 domestic destinations from Manila, Cebu, Clark and Davao.